Live, Love, Laugh, Letter and Paint

Artist's Statement

I enjoy color—and lots of it—the energy that the paint has when it is applied to paper or canvas. Using latex, inks, and acrylics I let the paint tell me what the painting is to become. I also do a combination of calligraphic lettering worked into colorful abstract compositions. As a small child I loved tracing letters from the covers of magazines, changing them, embellishing them & marveling at how their parts fit together. This fascination with letters, shapes, & colors lead into combining my love of color & painting with letters and letter forms. Combining them has given me a chance to touch people who seem to enjoy the inspirational sayings & the play of color & shape. A favorite teacher has always said that art is in the process, not in the product. I believe that in my heart but I like to expand on it. The process is my art—that is what is within me, and the product is what reaches others—to touch their hearts and souls.


Marlen Waters

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